Chapter 234 – The Children’s Barbershop Talk (1)

“Now then, allow me to explain.”

Although I had made an appointment in advance, Commander Donrou himself began the explanation in response to my question.

The gallery, or rather the audience, consisted of Yoshi-chan and me. In addition, the three boys we happened to run into on the way, Ryuichi-kun, Gentaro-kun, and Katsujiro-kun. Shizu and Liz stood by the door. It was a weekday afternoon, so all the adults were busy with their respective work.

Koshiro-kun was at his singing lesson, and Youko-chan, though I did invite her, politely declined as expected. Still, I found myself slightly regretting not insisting a little more, since we were having tea with the three boys.

Micchan and Teruo-kun, who had been with me at school, were not present either. Their usual afternoon training curriculum had already begun. Somehow, both of them had started to look more